PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

[KingV2k3]

Check this out:

http://www.geartaker.com/product/dualshock-3-wireless-game-controller-for-ps3

Looks like a really good deal, but I know nothing about this company...

Has anyone ordered from them or know that they're legit?

Thanks!

[Burns11]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

I'm going to say it's fake, considering they sell them in colors never released by Sony, wouldn't shock me if they were drop shipped from dealextreme.

[KingV2k3]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

I'm going to say it's fake, considering they sell them in colors never released by Sony, wouldn't shock me if they were drop shipped from dealextreme.

So, you think they probably counterfeit / fake Sony knockoffs?

What's dealextreme?

Thanks for the info...I would have never known they are colors that Sony didn't release...

[Burns11]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

dealextreme.com is a clearinghouse for cheap chinese goods, most of it crap but some is worthwhile. They will ship to people without dealextreme logo and drop ship stuff wherever you want it to look like it's coming from so there are a lot of places that will resell stuff direct from them for more money.

[KingV2k3]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

dealextreme.com is a clearinghouse for cheap chinese goods, most of it crap but some is worthwhile. They will ship to people without dealextreme logo and drop ship stuff wherever you want it to look like it's coming from so there are a lot of places that will resell stuff direct from them for more money.

Thanks for the knowledge, Burns!

As they say "if it's too good to be true, it probably is" and a controller for less than 50% of the going rate rings that bell to me...

One of the many instances that make me appreciate this site...

Who else knows this stuff?

[XenoZograscope]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

My partner just got that same exact controller in that color a few days ago from gamestop.

[Mabster]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

Total fakes. If you look at the blue one they are selling http://www.geartaker.com/product/new...r-for-ps3-blue there is a picture of the bottom of the controller. You can see the model number on that pic "CECHZC2H" and that is a 3rd party model number.

Want to read a good guide at spotting fakes? http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/gen...cial-ones.html

[KingV2k3]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

Total fakes. If you look at the blue one they are selling http://www.geartaker.com/product/new...r-for-ps3-blue there is a picture of the bottom of the controller. You can see the model number on that pic "CECHZC2H" and that is a 3rd party model number.

Want to read a good guide at spotting fakes? http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/gen...cial-ones.html

WOW...

Great info, much appreciated...

I'm savvy enough to not fall for a wooden iPad:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44334747/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/woman-buys-fake-wooden-ipad/

But I'd never notice that the serial number gave this away as a fake...



Had a hunch, at that price..but it's really cool to have suspicions backed up by fact...

Thanks!

[Burns11]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

That model number is an official Sony model number, it's for the Asia region (China, etc, but not Japan).


Edit: But that doesn't make these any less fake.

[Mabster]

Re: PS3 Controller @ Geartaker.com?

That model number is an official Sony model number, it's for the Asia region (China, etc, but not Japan).


Edit: But that doesn't make these any less fake.

Both good points, sorry for my mis-information.